Shopping Guide For Buying A Parker

[Phil Yearout]

I've bought exactly 5 guns at gun shows, mostly back when I knew even less than the little I know now, and all were pretty straight forward and hard to mess up. I've been lucky; never bought a stinker. Frankly I wouldn't trust myself to buy anything very expensive that way. All the rest I've bought from reputable dealers or site members that I was familiar with and trusted. There are a lot of shady folks out there, and even worse, a lot of folks who don't know anything but think they do. JMO.

[Bill Murphy]

Russ knows that he forgot to mention measuring bore diameter and choke length and diameter and comparing the bore diameter to known original dimensions.

[Brush Buster]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Russ knows that he forgot to mention measuring bore diameter and choke length and diameter and comparing the bore diameter to known original dimensions.

Thank You Bill , I even take my Hosford Barrel Wall Thickness gauge if I am going to a show where I can measure thickness ! Especially with the Damascus Barreled guns !